HR7943-119

In Committee

Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 16, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Finance, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H20BBF1475DAD4495AE42A557AB1E71EB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act.
  • Section HADA64754A22C430A8B00C9EB3A60A447: 2. Communications Equity and Diversity Council There is established within the Commission an advisory committee to be known as the Communications Equity and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Key Policy Areas

Civil Rights, Finance, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Policy Domains

Civil Rights Finance Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 16, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 16, 2026

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Barragán, and Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Civil Rights Finance Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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